@@poluticon If anything, shows should expand the use of this trope---cash in on its potential. A show: it's a man in New York, before he speaks he suit bespoke. He calls his mother in Virginia, she picks up. She lives in a yellow world. For the unaware, the sky turns yellow as you drive across the bridges from DC to Virginia. But for USA it's only Virginia and South Dakota that have the yellow filter, so once you drive thru to North Carolina, voila the sky looks like it did back in New York! You're back in *normal land.* In case abuse of this trope has legitimately confused anyone: countries in the Southern Hemisphere, countries with violence and corruption, poor countries, hot countries, countries with a brown and/or black populous--their sky is actually still Earth's. When you're standing on Earth at a spot that is poor, dusty, and very very hot--unfortunately for some reason the sky gods do not come down to blanket you in the yellow filter that should always accompany sunny sweltering poverty. It appears that normal skies *aren't* only found in wealthy white countries. Whenever I visit my family in the Philippines, I feel the lack of sepia's soft touch which, as an American, I know should be labeling the reality of my environment: poor! hot! brown! living in a shack that vaguely could be stucco/could be mud. My country is 1) that shack 2) dirt roads with dangerous gangs driving on them kicking up dust 3) more dirt roads 4) the jungle but that's not a part of the show. Maybe there's a goat. What would happen if I looked up and saw a normal sky? What would happen if I see the *actual* surroundings instead of the artistic~ appropriate narrative Americans enjoy?? Like what if I looked out and it wasn't a dirt road but one of them fancy*ss Asian Haagen Dazs parlor bistros? What if I found out there are MALLS. Even millions of McDonalds and Starbucks. But...isn't it only dirt roads and unspeaking brown people afraid they next person they see by their isolated shack will be a hitman? And grassy tundra drenched in yellow if I recall driving scenes in BrBa. 😱If I discovered this was all a massive lie, a randomly fabricated insolent image, I'd have to go full Bruce Willis from the end of 6th sense. They got me: BrBa, LOST, Traffic, Arrested Development, yada yada yada. Better Call Saul uses color washes appropriately, to denote the timeline to the audience when you're dealing with multiple level flashbacks. In BrBa, the writer's room must think the view from the International Space Station is wild yo.
Who's to blame? The dad for going back to a job that implies a lot of responsibility when he clearly wasn't mentally ok? Walter for letting die (killing) a drug addict that was blackmailing him, potentially endangering his family and dragging his "son" into a downward spiral? Jane for giving in after 18 months of fighting the addiction of the most addictive substance there is, because of a boy? Jessie for fostering consumption on a girl that explicitly told him she was fighting addiction? ALL of them, at some point had a moment of decision, an inflection point that changed everything else, and which choosing was solely under their power to pick one or the other. Everybody is responsible for their own actions and their consequences.
@@TheOriginalDogLP But they did know, no? He told a coworker "he figured it was better to come back", meaning at least a coworker knew, most likely his bosses knew since apparently they gave him the days off in the first place.
I love the fact you guys get to understand Skyler. I don’t know why everybody hates her that much. I mean, NOBODY in this show is a pure soul, but Skyler is a great character with good reasons for everything she does.
I don't hate her but I think the reason why people dislike her is because she legit could tell the cops or tell anyone about Walter but refugees and rather just try to divorce him and let her family live with a lie and decides to go sleep with a other dude, I feel like Walter jr was right that it makes her just as bad as walt, she even teams up with him and helps him alot, for me theres some seasons I dislike her and some others where I like her, but I understand both sides
@@sebaslikesanimations1447 I mean who does that tho. Snitch on your dying husband when all you know about him is that he manufactures meth, which would completely ruin the whole family. I am convinced that most people would do like her and try to ignore the problem, especially since at this point she doesnt even know that walt killed people or that they are at risk. I can agree that when she did start to directly help him she became "just as bad as him" (although not really, all she did was launder money and never harmed anyone herself). Also I dont think thats why a lot of people hate her, since they dont have nearly as much as a problem with walt, who legit did way worse and caused the whole thing to begin with
I tell everyone but that scene with the school talking in the gym was filmed at my high school. I had already graduated a couple years prior but still. I just think its so cool haha
@@TeaDrinker3000 it's ok. Lol. We do have one of the highest crime rates.... BUT the east mountains are beautiful and the skies are gorgeous. When the sunsets the mountains in the east look even better. Our food is so good n especially if you like spicy food. It's a beautiful city.
@@amydubuque2894 thanks for your response!! I've honestly fallen in love with the aesthetic since watching both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Ironically, I'm from Ireland, which Americans love and want to visit because it's so green. I'm in love with the brown of ABQ! 😃
I hate the character because they wrote her to be unlikable from the very first episode, and she never takes any personal responsibility for her own awful actions (and there are many). Walter at least has a conscience, he feels guilty, at least until far into the show when he no longer seems to care about anything but his empire, but even then he still tries to leave some money for his family, even if he doesn't get credit. He's a monster, but he learns his lessons and he's loyal. I dislike the actress because she lashed out against fans of the show for not liking her unlikable character and trying to turn it into some kind of political thing, which is bullshit. Attacking the fans is never okay.
I just finished binge watching the show. I disliked Skyler in the beginning of season 1 because she was self entitled, extremely judgemental and very much your average Karen. As time went on I understood how real her character was. Anyone would ask questions or look around if their partner was going behind their back, making up lies, arriving home late. Skyler just wanted to know what was going on and Walt wouldn't tell her the full truth even after she found out. I dont care about the actress outside the show, she played her role and she played it well. What happens when she's no longer playing the character, I just don't give too much attention to unless the person did something horrific like drown puppies.
Skyler is possibly the most psychologically healthy, intelligent, level-headed and consistently rational characters in the series. I'm a bit of a Walt fan in spite of it all, but Skyler's actions were always on point, even (or especially) when it came to her responses to Walter.
This divorce situation was written perfectly. This case matches so perfectly to my family. I was like Walter Jr. Only difference is that my dad didn't do anything wrong, he just stopped being religious.
@Luiz Roberto I imagine that in real life you are exactly like Dwight Schrute. My father used to be Jewish, he then stopped being Jewish, and my mother really didn't like it, so they divorced.
@@Proud_Troll I don't know your situation at all, but I have a feeling you don't fully understand it either. Its impossible to know the true heart of your mom and dad... I hope you don't use it as a reason to hate or resent one side or the other. Everyone makes mistakes, parents make a lot of them but they're human beings.
@@the.seagull.35 I hope you understand that I'm getting a little bit angry and pissed off when people think they know my family better than I. If you want, I can explain everything in detail, but you don't, so here's the quick gist of it: I live in an ultra orthodox hasidic Jewish community, where couples easily split up when one partner looses belief in God. In this community, domestic violence is unheard of, because violence in general is unheard of. My mother and father have been growing apart for a decade, and the a non violent incident pushed my mother to call the police. After that, they started a divorce case. Edit: I forgot to mention that the reason this went to court is because my mother wanted full custody of us, because she didn't want my father to make us atheist.
Such freaking GREAT ANALYSIS. You girls are so smart and so perceptive. I think I was watching you years ago for Game if Thrones, maybe? But now, I want to watch all of your reactions-so good. Thank you for giving so much of yourselves to these reactions. They are so good to watch and listen to. 😊🌸
Emmy trivia, as usual: Michael Slovis was nominated for Cinematography thanks to this episode. He lost to Christian Sebaldt (CSI); Skip Macdonald was nominated for Editing, lost to the Lost team.
I watched the series when it was originally televised... Stumbled on your channel and love it again... Imagine having to wait a week for the next episode or months for the next season... Great job young ladies, take care...
Funfact: In the final scene of this episode they used a special lense, so that the explosion of the truck (which was not a special effect by the way, but a real truck they destroyed there in a single take) seemed to be way closer to the actors than it really was.
The opening scene depicts Santa Ria. It’s a religion practiced in many Hispanic and Latin countries. It originated from African slaves in the new world, it’s combines concepts from Catholicism and African pagan religions.
Jessie is my favourite character but just because he feels bad for the things he’s done doesn’t mean he’s not a bad person because he keeps doing it over and over,and the only person responsible for the plane crash is Janes dad he’s a grown man who’s responsible for his own decisions and actions.
The fun fact is that the girls like Jessie a lot even if he did a lot of stupid and bad things... but they blame people that dont like Skyler because she is doing nothing wrong. No coherence.
I don't think Jesse is a bad person, it's more complicated than that. Just because you do some bad things it doesn't mean you're a bad person. Everyone makes mistakes. And it's important to understand the background of a character before judging. For example, Jesse does drugs since he was a minor, he's an addict and he doesn't see the business as a bad thing because he was part of it and it formed his identity since he was very young. It even gave him his group of friends. So, making meth and selling meth, in his head, it's not a bad thing inherenty. He is a consumer himself, after all. It's not until near the end of the series that, because of all the trauma he's been through, the consequences that he experienced because of this kind of job and all the death around him; he grows as a person and wants out of the business forever. Jesse is very young (24 years old) and naive for the most part of the series. So no, I don't consider him a bad person at all.
I agree, that's what I was saying before. A character like Jessie is very likeable even if he is a criminal and a character like Skyler could be not likeable for some people even if she is not a criminal :)
People hated Skylar because from a show standpoint, she was constantly getting in the way of things when you want to see walt/jesse cooking and on top of that crying/just overall being "annoying". It wasn't that she was doing anything wrong necessarily, I just think as a character she was too much sometimes. She came off very whiney. People would have liked her better if she just believed Walt sometimes lol...With that said, I didnt hate her, she just annoyed me, but every time i rewatch the series I see her view point more and love her more because Walt is clearly always lying to her and being shady lol. She does get a lot better though and I started to really enjoy her in season 3 and then loved her in season 4/5.
She also slept with her boss, and gave him $600,000 of her husband's money. Those are reasons to dislike her. Women get pissed at Walt for "lying," but exactly what the fuck is he supposed to do as a manufacturer of methamphetamine? Get a t shirt made saying "I'M A DRUG LORD," and wear it when he mows the lawn? His brother in law is a DEA agent.
@@profd65 How about not cooking meth to begin with? I think that would've helped.. As for Skyler cheating on him with Ted, I didn't really see it as that bad. Walt had turned her world upside down and in a way Walt cheated on her first, not with a woman but by living this double life that involves doing illegal stuff. And I don't wanna hear he did it for the family because what an awful thing to do for your family! He's putting them in danger!
@@kiranolan7104 But Skyler was happy to hand that dirty drug money over to her brother in law, and her boyfriend--wasn't she? How much did she give the two of them do you think? Close to a million of Walt's dollars? She could have simply left Walt and completely cut ties, but she chose not to. By the way, reading your comment it's amazes me how easily women rationalize cheating. They can always find a justification when a WOMAN is cheating. But I guess the way you look at it Walt was just a middle aged nerd with lung cancer; he worthless except for his money; it's not like he's a full human being.
@@profd65 I don't see Walt as' a nerd with lung cancer'. I see him as a criminal. If he were more like Jesse who is a criminal with a heart of gold I would have more sympathy for him getting cheated on but he isn't like Jesse. He's just a bad guy who does bad things. I know he didn't start out that way but I say there's no excuse to cook meth. He could have accepted money from Gretchen and Elliot for his treatment but he had too much pride. I'm not even even sure if it can be called cheating because Skyler had already ended her relationship with Walt when it happened. I didn't always approve of the things Skyler did and didn't always like her. I know she was flawed but why do people act like she's the worst person ever?? I'm not sure if I've ever seen such hate for a character before. It's pretty mind blowing! She's married to a Heisenburg but she's gotten far more hate than him!! And flaws are what make a character interesting. If characters were perfect wouldn't that make them boring?
@@kiranolan7104 Agreed 100%. Of course Skylar isn’t perfect, but she doesn’t deserve all the hate she got. Walt did soooo many worse things than she did, and she was scared of Walt so of course she went along with it for so long. I just feel like people have a hard time understanding nuance.
The people with a seething hatred for Skyler have some weird incel and/or misogynistic mindsets, thinking that she owes Walt anything and should he subservient. It's fucking weird
The people who have a hatred for people who hate on Skylar are misandrist. They’re hating a character who is shown to be annoying. It a bit much, I agree with you. You are hating on an anonymous user whom you don’t even know - your insecurity is deeper than his. Hope you see it :)
I'm so glad you see Skylers reasoning on the first watch. I hated her at first since this show is written where you root for the "bad guys" but by the 2nd/3rd watch I realised that she barely did anything wrong. I swear at some point in time I've hated every character on this show except Gus and Mike for some reason 😅
The problem with Skyler is she acts like a victim and never takes any personal responsibility for anything she does, and does so long before anyone ever victimizes her. Why should Walter have told her anything at all, when she was already a narcissist at the start of the series? What sympathy could he have expected from her at all? When he does finally reveal that he is dying, she doesn't even try to see his point of view, she just makes it about her, and basically weaponizes his love for her to finally get what she wants, at the cost of his pain and trauma (which surely had an effect on his personality). We never see her struggle with any guilt. We never see her make any effort to understand anyone else, not her husband, not her son, not her sister, not her brother-in-law, not anyone. Walter is a monster by the end of the series, but at least he acts like a human being before that happens.
@@fakecubed She is not a narcissist. The woman hates herself for half of the show because of her involvment. We see her struggle with guilt. She does not make it about her, she just wants her husban, the person she loves, to live. Her biggest mistake is actually caring for Walter to much and trusting him to much. She still loves him after all the abuse and should have just told Hank the moment she found out.
@@bebo2629She hates herself because she is the cause of her misery. Nothing even happens to her 😂 Everything happens to everyone around her and she couldn’t stand not being in control of how everyone thought or felt. She’s a dictator. The people that don’t see are likely the same helicopter-parents that pretend to care about their loved ones (but are really just drowned in their obsession for power over them).
Obviously Walter is in the wrong, and he brought everything on himself, but funny how Skyler wanted to divorce Walter for weed, meanwhile she is a criminal herself and an accomplice for her criminal boss since episode 11 of season 2, when she decided to cook books for Ted because she liked Ted and wanted to feel herself important. Not to mention, that she continues to work for her criminal boss, and she continues to cook books for him and be criminal herself(again, she does it because she wants to feel herself important and likes Ted - selfish, egoistical motives). But when father of her children who she knows was a good man for like 15 years made a big selfish choice only because he thought that he was going to die, she doesn't even let him explain himself and acts like she is "so disgusted to be in the room with him", says that she "so wants to through up".) Not to mention that Skyler puts kids in danger as much as Walter by not making deal with Hank.
The consequences that come from a white collar crime like hers are very different from a traditional one. There's a reason why she's not going to Hank: it's not the law or being a criminal that concerns her, it's the consequences of it. The drug business is dangerous...you're dealing with people that are likely to commit violence and put their family's lives in danger. Obviously weed isn't hard drugs, but to these people it is (think back to Marie asking Hank about autopsy pictures of marijuana users).
@@UnlistedAgain Skylar is changing her mind moment to moment. She is first disgusted by what walter is doing like she has any moral highground, then she says its very dangerous for the family then she doesnt give a fuck and even helps like what??:))) Dont try to give her the benefit of the doubt man, she is just clueless.
@@Zeralopdang it's almost like the man you've loved for decades AND the father of your two children turning out to be a drug manufacturer is a complicated and scary scenario that might require you changing your mind a few times to keep your family safe🙂
I mean, can you blame him, the guy was passing through a really dark moment, one of his best friends just died and the answer of Walter was "which one was that?", and well, a depressed drug dealer and a jonky in rehab it's not a functional couple in any case. What I mean is that what happened was the result of a lot of mistakes and bad decisions taken by a lot of people, it's unfair blame it all on Jessie too.
Crazy how many ppl hate Skylar and I did too at first watch. She was so annoying to me and since we all love Walt, how dare she question him!? Lol. What crazy logic!? But rewatching the show, I can sympathise with her and her dilemma with 2 kids! Still love me some Heisnberg tho and root for him every step of the way. Even if he's breaking bad! Like he deserves this after all the bullshit he put up with most of his life! Amazing show to make u pull for the bad guy, right?
every time I watch it I'm more impressed by how good they are at making me like Walter again after making me remember how much he sucks and how much I hate him
@@fauxrowsdower7610 yes, u hate him and what hes doing to his family but at the same time, ur routing for him and want to see him succeed and knowing hes the bad guy but not really. Lol. Love/hate relationship. And can u imagine Skylar, his wife that only knows the Walter side of Heisnberg. He's got to seem like a whole different husband and father at this point
This show pulls me in so many different directions. I initially found Skylar annoying but was able to sympathize with her as the show progressed. I also have two children..how would I react if I found myself in her situation? And yet I also rooted for Walter as well, at least in the beginning.
@@Camothor10 She's a terrible person, actually, and is from the very start. Total narcissist. Zero empathy for Walter from the beginning. Everything that happens, she makes it about herself. Not her kids. Herself. And causing significant pain along the way, especially to Walt Jr. And ultimately, she's content to be involved in Walter's crimes, and never takes any personal responsibility for anything she's done. People dislike her, find her annoying, etc., because she's written that way. People are supposed to hate her. It's not a failing on anyone's part to do so. The story of Breaking Bad is a story about how a man like Walter White can become a monster. But he's already surrounded by monsters when the show begins. He's interesting because he's on a journey. He's not some 1-dimensional antagonist like Skyler who is only in the story to put him in tough situations where he's forced to make tough decisions and then try to live with the consequences. For example, why is the family in such a bad financial situation to begin with? She's an accountant, they make good money, and she's not doing anything else. She isn't working because she quit her job, voluntarily, then lied about the reason. The reason is because she was getting emotionally involved with another man at work. We never see any guilt about any of this. She lets Walter pick up the slack working two jobs he hates, indifferent to his feelings. Ultimately she uses her affair as a weapon to hurt and humiliate Walter. It doesn't even seem like she's acting on feelings for Ted when she does this. She does it out of spite. A lot of the characters in the show are self-absorbed, sociopathic, crazy, or just plain evil. We're meant to like the characters who don't start out that way, and become that way by the end. We are not meant to like the characters who started out that way and never change. Skyler is the latter type.
14:10 i've always and still agree. but rewatching the scene in the reaction i was like '...wait. she was going to divorce him and keep him away from the kids because she's thinking he's selling WEED? skylar...weed doesn't ruin anyone's life. no one wakes up to a dead body because during the night they got killed by a joint. weed makes people a bit like drunk but without the aggression side effect. and the person more often feels creative and inspired. unless they're someone with an anxiety disorder in which case they probably smoked a joint that will just make them act a bit like a sloth. but specifically those happy sloths from Zootopia because their anxiety will mellow to a tolerable state.' serious 😒to Skylar for the initial plan but yea of course she's 100% in the right with what's actually going on. it's really effed up how the misogyny comes out from a huge percent of the general viewers. in Better Call Saul, the character Chuck pisses the audience off when he says correct things but in a superior annoying way. but twitter didn't fill up with hate at Chuck directed at how he's a disgusting *man*, a *manpig*, everything degrading about him being a man. it was just Chuck hate. his gender was brought up...0 times. Skylar? 🤦🏻♀ wtf world
So people should love Marijuana users? And you think Marijuana isn't bad? Let me guess, it's all the doctors that have it wrong. Fucking conspiracy. It doesn't need to be heroin to be bad for you. Yeah you don't overdose on it, but it slowly kills you or at least degrades you over the years. I'm speaking from experience of 16 years of smoking tabbacco. I didn't believe the doctors either about how bad smoking was, until I felt it on my own body. Sure, in my youth it was great, it was fun and no downsides, but it catches up to you. Get your head out of your ass... for you own good. Don't worry, I respect your freedom to do whatever you want with your life. But don't criticise anyone that doesn't want to be around drug users, unless you want to be criticised back!
She was already pissed off because she knew he was lying to her and doing something illegal. Anything illegal affects the whole family. And he chose the illegal activities over his family. Weed, coke, meth, whatever. It’s worse than an affair. And it’s totally out of character for her husband. At least the one she used to know. Of course we are wrapped up in Walt and because he’s just now successful at something we want to see him even do better, but all the Skyler haters would hate the show if the wife and mom didn’t notice anything and he just started cooking meth all the time and the family was just fine. Come on.
@@cindycrewsbeach72 Tell me, would you rather find out your husband was selling weed to provide for the family or having an affair? I admit, i was a Skyler hater for a long time, but i realized in the end that she was right the whole time. But the show would have been so boring if he had listened to her! ✋😲🤚
i still dont understand why ur blaiming walt for the crash. If we're gonna go that way, jesse is also to blame as much as walt because he was the one who made her break the 18 months. Or maybe his father for giving birth to her? Everything leads to another, we cant blame people like that, it doesnt make sense. The main fault is obviously on the father and on the people who let him go to work. Those are the main to blame. Walt and jesse also have fault but just not as much, not even comparable. Besides that im also glad ur on skylar side here, because no one seems to view this from her point of view. Anyways, besides that xd great reaction AS ALWAYS
I think they just don't like Walt very much. Also, I agree with you regarding Skylar, it's refreshing to see first time viewers that don't immediately get on her hate train.
Always bugged me wrong how Skyler is the most hated character in a show full of notorious cold blooded criminals. People really hate her because of how much an impediment she's being towards Walt's criminal dreams which the fans vicariously seem to enjoy.
I mean, it makes sense. The writers made Walt too empathetic in the beginning, and gave him a form power most people crave. I don't really hate Skyler myself, but I can see why people do
Idk why other people dislike her. The reason I dislike her is that she's every bit as culpable as Walt. There's nothing he does that she doesn't participate in. She even takes it a step further and advocates for the murder of Jesse. Unlike Walt however she never, at any point, accepts the least bit of accountability.
Probably cause it’s incredibly obvious they’re all despicable human beings 😂 Like, it’s in your face every moment you’re looking at them on screen. Are people that insecure that they have to repeat in words what’s evidently being portrayed on the screen for everyone to see? Simultaneously, Skyler is shown to constantly take the moral high ground. However, her behaviour does not reflect her opinion of herself - as she is a terribly manipulative (abusive) person. If you ever come across somebody who is a bit of a dick (or a major dick) yet they see themselves as superior to everybody else - you would react the same way. To support such a person only tells everybody you are that person yourself. All the best :)
The people that hate Skylar are the same people that love Tony Montana without reservation. I dunno if it's direct fetishization of a bad guy because he seems "strong" or if the fact that he's a protagonist throws people off from understanding the morality of the story, but yes it's very very weird all the Skylar hate.
I don't like skyler because, of what she believed to be a few lies in an otherwise successful 15 year marriage in which they have 2 children, one being a teenager, and she goes so quickly to divorce him, that and the fact she was flirting with her boss WHILE pregnant, which she later sealed by letting him fuck her several times, and then leading him on only to go back to Walt for protection. She never appreciated the fact that Walter didn't want to see his family on the streets encumbered by debt after he thought he would die. She made very rash decisions and was never on Walt's side, she was never a partner to begin with and wanted to see him lose.
@UC_qk-qpZuc2KQJ8LwaxTinQ Exactly, I understand the need of divorce and she should call the cops if she was truly a good person, but she was a criminal before Walt was, she cheated on him with the boss/or tried to when she was pregnant, which is a little implied when she drops the stuff and he comes to her office, yet she was thinking that Walter cheated on her, she is a hypocrite and that’s why I don’t like her, she was always selfish and immature, even at beginning of the show, she was controlling Walt, she forced him to get treatment when he didn’t have money at that point and didn’t want to, she wasn’t working when he was, just fucking around in the house, when Walter had shit job that didn’t pay much, he wasn’t respected by anyone before the drugs, he was a loser in his family eyes etc. He finally “break bad” which helped him survive longer, of course Im not saying he is saint or anything, he dose bad decisions and then fucked up stuff later, first for his family and his treatment, he’s life sucked and of course he deserves what happens to him but not everything is his fault, Skylar at first had no evidence about his life, yet still refused to talk to him like some 15 years girl/boy, not like a adult person, she also was after his money and maybe didn’t truly loved him, she just wanted to control him, she should just divorce him and fuck off, but she doesn’t, she doesn’t stop him, she thinks she’s a good person but she is not, not as bad as Walter later but she’s still awful, I think I would like her more if she wouldn’t be so whiny and she wouldn’t cheated on him when she didn’t have any evidence on him, just to punish him, she always was this whiny and annoying character for me, whenever she interacted with her family, also she has the most cringe moments in the show (and I hate that word but it’s true) the happy birthday song, my god awful, if she would believe him more at beginning then when it comes to finding his secret it would be better in my opinion, maybe even writing her out of the story, Walter just wants a good life for his son, who later finds out and hates him would be interesting maybe even more that wife drama
I think it revolves around some religous thing like crawling to a certain religous place to be relieved of your sins. I am just talking out of my ass tho so i could totally wrong i just feel like ive heard about or seen something similar in another show or movie
WebHead2099 actually watching this reaction i think im right cause the theme of this episode seems to be about seeking forgiveness/attonement. Jesse trying to learn to forgive himself for janes death, walter trying to forgive himself for all the plane deaths and seeking forgiveness from skylar with cooking to get back into his family, the twins trying to forgive themselves for what theyre about to do goin on a hit job for walter. U can tell the twins arent totally evil and have morals when they pay that farmer for the clothes even tho they couldve easily stolen it or killed that family. Based on the crawling and the alter that they go to their morals are probably based off of their religion
It is. They worship La Santa Muerte (Holy Death/Saint Death). Literally the Reaper, a curious Saint with many adepts in Mexico, specially those who risk their life everyday (drug dealers for example).
Tons of religions crawled around to show faith. -The Buddhas of Bamiyan, a religious site where believers would crawl through the tunnels inside the statues to show faith -Pilgrims in the Middle Ages would crawl through churches to also show their faith that's all I got 😩
I think it's the smoking while pregnant and sometimes she makes things all about her but her sister does that too and her flirting and finally sleeping with her boss that people find annoying about Skyler but other than that she is reacting in a reasonable manner i never had a big problem with Skyler I didn't like Merie at first because she was stealing for no good reason she has money and she has a big mouth but later i somehow started to like her after Hank got shot she is still a good person this show has a way of doing that with the characters making you not like then then like then again even better than you thought you ever would
The hate for Skyler was completely unwarranted. People worship Walter so much they hate anyone who goes against him. Forgetting the fact that he's a criminal and she is just looking out for her kids. It never made sense.
She is not looking out for the kids. Skyler breaks bad for herself excusing everything by more pathetic excuses than Walter's excuses shifting blame playing victim card and sitting on her high horse.
@@viazonYou exhibit tremendous reasoning in both your comments 😂 It just smacks of “taking sides” exactly like the person you’re responding too. Some people are capable of looking at something for what it is rather than pretending one is good and one is evil. Good luck pal :)
I think the reason people hate Skyler so much is protagonist syndrome. Walt, while objectively having characteristics of a horrible person and a villain, is the main character of the show, and he has just enough of a good heart and good beliefs in him that it's hard to truly revile him as a monster. We are shown enough of his life and mindset to understand he's a man who's been stepped on, beaten down, and stuck in mediocrity for most of his life. We want to root for him because of this, and because he's the show's main focus. Despite the fact that we know it will lead to further harm and tragedy, people want to see Walt's drug empire grow. It's what makes him such a compelling character. So while Skyler's actions are completely understandable, people only look at her actions from Walt's point of view, as an obstacle, to his own success and to the family life he believes he is sacrificing himself for.
You know, sometimes i don't understand why we have to make event that doesn't actually have anything to do with us to be about us, like what's happening at the school. Maybe because i'm a jerk, b ut i do think most of people throwing out hashtags and all don't actually care, they just want to be a part of the hype, you know. Besides, hashtag and any kind of celebration like this-day that-day don't solve a thing. It goes back to "hey i post about this, look i care."
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Her reaction to him making drugs is a little crazy, don’t know if it’s just me, but he makes meth. He isn’t a serial rapist or some crazy shit, she says “Before I throw up” it’s meth just meth and he makes it, not like he uses it. I just don’t understand.
It’s really nice to see a little Breaking Bad Renaissance with all of it being on Netflix, mostly because it means Skyler is finally getting the reception she deserves! So much of the talk about her was super misogynistic and mean, I’m happy to see y’all appreciating her impossible position
@macarion What never really happened? The Skyler hate? Dude, it was wild how much hate she got during the show's run. You can still go to episode reviews and Reddit boards from back in the day and see how much vile shit was thrown at her.
I like to imagine the only reason why he knows exactly that it is only the 50th worst airborne accident. Shows that he looked that up. Why else would he know all those details. I mean obviously he would, being the one who caused it.
@@zombor8249 How? Seriously explain how. Walt may be responsible for Jane's death, but not for how her father reacts to it. It's his and only his responsibility to return to work when he is feeling able to, not Walt's.
@@shugaroonyHow do people selectively choose where to stop with the cause and effect? I remember going through this as a child and since have progressed well past it. Using your reasoning, the fault belongs to the universe existing - as that is the clearly the cause for everything that happens. It’s immature logic - placing blame that is.
Y'all use tv time too! Great app that is so useful. I understand where she is coming from too. I mean that's as good as you can expect. I mean not telling the kids or the cops...
the reason, for all the hate, in my opinion. is that many people don't see anything that walter did so far as a huge problem. Not even the drug dealing part is an issue for a lot of people. To see Skyler treat him like a criminal while he is literally bringing home millions, is something a lot of people can't understand. A lot of people feel like she sits on a high horse acting like Justice and Law are more important to her than her husband. The way she acted like she was sick after hearing he produces drugs.... seriously...he didn't tell her "i murdered a bunch of people". which would justify her reaction. He literally just said, i produce methamphetamine. And that made her sick to her stomach?!....sure.... it is her attitude that people hate
@Ángela Sofía Jaime Moreno she never had any relations to that world, she doesn't live in south America among drug cartels. Also it is one thing to think in such a way about some guy. But not the husband you have lived with for over 15-20 years and have raised a child. i get it, you know what some drug cartels do. But she knows him well enough to at least hear him out...^^ Also i am not saying that everybody feels that way. i am just saying a lot of people who hate skyler see it that way. a lot of people take drugs themself. and they don't live in Columbia so they don't see any of the real crime. A lot of people would argue if it wasn't for the criminalisation of drugs, drugs would be a victimless crime. Alcohol tobacco, marijuana in some countries. those are ALL drugs. But no crime is involved because it is a legal business. Cartels exist because they are criminal either way, so why not go ALL the way and oppose the government. and obviously that kind of situation attracts the worst kind of people.
@Ángela Sofía Jaime Moreno i have no idea why you are trying to convince me. I get it. That is how you feel. All i said is some people don't feel like you about this issue, and they think Skyler is over reacting. Especially when you know what she will do later...^^ Can't say it though since spoiler...
The writers made Walt too empathetic in the beginning, and gave him a form power most people crave. I don't really hate Skyler myself, but I can see why people do
Yeah, the breaking bad fanbase is incredibly toxic and sexist. The fact that they would judge and hate Skyler for smoking while pregnant but would ignore the killing, the cooking and selling of meth and everything else that the guys do is unbelievable to me. And to this day people attack her and the actress online, I mean, people are crazy.
But you guys you said "Skylar is right to act this way in episode 13 cause Walt is a drug dealer" but that's just it, if she had reacted all hateful AFTER she had learned he was a drug dealer I would be OK with it almost. But she unleashed on Walt and acted so hateful based on a hunch. She went nuts cause he lied about getting money from Gretchen and cause he lied about having two phones. That's it. Maybe that's just me but a long-lasting married couple with children would not act this way.
The hate for Skylar is dedication to a lazy trope, "the annoying killjoy in the way of the fun husbands wacky schemes". People are blinkered by stupid stuff like that, pity them, they miss more than they even see. At the time of this episode, the viewer, through Walt, has built up the entire time to the inevitable confrontation of the truth. But to Skylar, she never knew she'd be talking about meth, ever. That's the character.
When this aired a lot of people hated skylar. They though she was annoying for nagging him about selling drugs. Walt is the bad guy of this show I don’t get people that cheer for him.
Walt is not the bad guy nor a bad guy. His ego Heisenberg is the "bad guy" and the circumstances dictated how he could grow to what he is. I cheer for Walt because he is unbelievable smart, something heisenberg adoptet and turned against other ppl. If you dont understand deep characters and their development, dont watch series.
@@danieljackson4511 have you watched this show. Walt is the bad guy. He basically admits it near the end. He finally admits that he was doing it for himself not his family. To me that is him saying I’ve been the piece of shit the whole time. I enjoyed it. He stopped wearing the fucking hat even. Please stop pretending to be some intellectual with film. You just sound like a dumbass
Only after the second time that i watched this show i see how bad is Walt's decisions, Bryan Cranston make us forget from time to time what a horrible person Walt really is.
I haven't watched bb for a couple of years. Watching these reaction videos is kind of an easier less time consuming way to review it. I remember when a lot of people were hating on Skyler. I didn't get it. I felt she was protecting her kids, like a good mom. And she told Walt she wouldn't turn him in. What do people want? She is great. I'm a guy too....lol. I felt like a lot of guys were just just taking Walt's side because they were sexist. If you think Skyler was a bitch. She deserved to be a bitch. Walt was obviously hiding a big secret (maybe an affair? Skyler didn't know). I think some guys are being sexist because they want her to be the just go along, keep your mouth shut, stand by your man woman. Threatened by a strong woman with a voice.
Lol has this comment gotten you laid yet buddy? 😂Btw, the writers made Walt too empathetic in the beginning, and gave him a form power most people crave. I don't really hate Skyler myself, but I can see why people do, and it ain't "sexism." I know a lot of women who hate on skyler lmfao. You don't deserve to call yourself a man
@@JoseRamirez-ew7vq I've got a few minutes. I'll bite the bait here. But first, let's take out the trash. Because you managed to squeeze quite a bit of it into your response. It would almost be impressive, if it weren't so sophomoric and boring. 1). Who comments on TH-cam trying to get laid? What fantasy do you have that allows for that possibility? It's difficult to effectively condescend someone when you have to make up a strange remark like that just to be derogatory. 2). This is very basic psychology (I'm talking 101-level stuff here), but people can be sexist against their own gender, or racist against their own race, etc. There's nothing in cognition to magically prohibit that as paradoxical. If you're still in school, try taking a psychology class when you can. Presuming, of course, that you don't want to be found making naive claims like, "women hate Skyler, therefore it isn't a sexist reason!" The logic isn't coherent, as it simply comes from a misunderstanding of the concept of bias. But to be a bit fair here, it is a common misunderstanding, so I can't be too hard on you for that. 3). Finally, it appears that you're an arbiter of determining who can be called a man. That's quite impressive. Though, you may want to keep that fanciful authority to yourself in real life. This is just a really basic social tip. No skin off my back if you refuse to take the advice. I'm just trying to help. Anyway, now on to the meat. If you're so keen to defer to the writers of Breaking Bad, then it's worth acknowledging how **baffled** they were when they found out that **any fans** disliked Skyler at best, and hated her at worst. I mean... we're talking about the people who were smart enough to write something like Breaking Bad. That's quite telling to say that they were all perplexed by the audience reaction to hating Skyler. As such, disliking her character, even strongly, was an entirely incoherent reaction based on her behavior. It makes you wonder... if there were no good reasons to dislike her, then why did so many dislike her anyway? It's no stretch to reach the naive reasons that account for this, and "misogyny" is just one of them. Other reasons were that people rooted for Walt and genuinely became frustrated when any obstacle got in his way, just in general. Breaking Bad is old hat at this point, and you can find all the reasons that fans explained if you look into it. The reasons aren't elusive. They've been articulated and accounted for. There's no mystery here. I still find it quite odd that you got so aggressive in your comment as to desperately plug your ears to the misogyny claim, but, like I said, just take it from the writers themselves. Here's one article where Vince himself says, in reference to the Skyler hate, "I never understood it." www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a851038/breaking-bad-vince-gilligan-defends-anna-gunn-skyler-hate/ Here's an excerpt from Gunn: “It was very bizarre and confusing to us all,” Gunn told Entertainment Weekly when the “Breaking Bad” cast and creator Vince Gilligan recently reunited for an interview in honor of the show’s 10th anniversary. “It was a combination of sexism, ideas about gender roles, and then honestly, it was the brilliance of the construct of the show. People did find a hero in Walt, but they wanted so much to connect with him so viscerally that to see the person who often was his antagonist - therefore the show’s antagonist in a way - they felt like she was in the way of him doing whatever he wanted to do, and that he should be allowed to do what he wanted to do.” Hell, here's a science journal about it: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19392397.2019.1630155 (Though the irony of sharing that source isn't beyond me--have you ever read a science article before? I've got a wild guess as to the answer.) I'd include some more articles and sources for you to check out. But unfortunately, I'd have to presume that you're commenting in good faith to make that worth the effort. So, needless to say, that's a hard pass for me. Cheers, mate!
@@JoseRamirez-ew7vq No... I wish! Just keeping it real. You have only one reason to criticize Skyler at this point. She has done nothing wrong. It is what it is. But yeah. I agree. Walt had to transform. I'm no saint. The only real problem I have with what Walt is doing is it is enabling addicts. I have known addicts. But if anything in this show offended me, I never would have watched it. One of my favorite shows!
Ok let's be real here...the crash is not Walter's fault. Even if u say the reason for it was Jane's death, Walt is not responsible for that either. In the end of the day Jane's life choices led to her death (The crash is on the people that allowed Jane's dad to go back to work)
Walter killed Jane. And yea, she would've died the next week or something, but Walter shaking Jessie caused her to roll onto her back and choke, and he did nothing to save her.
@@shugaroony the butterfly effect was always a concept of exaggeration to show how even the smallest action can have big consequences. It can never be literal, because following the same logic you could say that all the events in the series is Bogdan's fault cause he didnt pay Walt enough so he went on to cook meth
@@christostsirikas6577 Its a drama, and hence accordingly the writers wanted to show the consequences of what happens to Walt, his family and others (some innocent) due to him going down this path. This is the most extreme case of that idea, but then why else does he keep the doll's eye if he doesn't deep down accept some blame.
Because we originally see Walt as the protagonist, and Skyler stands in the way of his goals. In retrospect we can see that Skyler was the most rational out of bunch
But that's what they said. They can't understand that people hate Skyler by the end of 2x13. What happens later in the show isn't part of the discussion.
(they are done with the show so I'm not holding out on spoilers here) Well for starters Skyler starts off irritating a lot of guys because of her demeaning emasculating attitude towards Walt at the start of the show. She treats him more like a child. Hell she can't even give him actual sex on his bday she gives him a half ass distracted hand job. This would be bull shit on a normal day but his bday?! This immediately gives her a negative first impression. Then he gets cancer and she disregards his feelings entirely and its all about how she feels. When its involving a woman and pregnancy its all about the "my body my choice" but that goes all out the window when its the guy with cancer. Suddenly its laying a guilt trip intervention. He changes as anyone would when suddenly faced with death and life with little to show for it, but does she actual stick with him? No and this is the real kicker on why men hate Skyler. She's his wife, she made vows of loyalty to stick by his side through thick and thin. This is a problem for relationships that encounter such a life changing event, cancer or a disease, a death in the family these things have a habit of causing a relationship to fracture and dissolve, and the moment things get thin Walt going through this ordeal and how it changes him, without even knowing whats actually happening she goes out and starts flirting with other men. She wasn't even remotely aware of his illegal activities when that shit started. She's at this point already been flirting with Ted for weeks now. Not to mention a her throwing a very limited fuss over Teds illegal activities yet she's still pursues him. Yeah you can say "oh she's doing it to protect her kids" bullshit she's doing it to protect her kids as much as Walt is doing it for his family lol. She's doing it so she can get divorced so she can go bang Ted. People hate Skyler cause she's an emasculating Karen with zero loyalty to her husband. She's obnoxious and hypocritical. Case in point see the flip side with Marie as the show continues. How her relationship with Hank goes his mental abuse and how she handles it... unwavering loyalty.
This has to be among the most feeble-minded reasonings I've ever encountered. You could go pro in false equivalencies, self centeredness and logical fallacies of all sorts, my dude
Skyler just acts like she's the highest level of righteousness, and I'm guessing most viewers were annoyed by her character. I definitely wish they made skylers character more of a flawed person like almost everyone in this show. But it just seemed like she was a perfect supreme high moral person. The show is called breaking bad, not becoming humanitarian.
I never got that from her character. She's got a lot of issues and makes very questionable decisions. I think her kicking him out and then asking for a divorce would be what most people would do in her situation.
lol i don't think it's the "highest level of righteousness" to not want your husband to be a lying drug-dealer. i'd say that's probably the exact right level of righteousness
I never got that feeling about her. Her character is really unique in that, between the 2 sides of Walt's life, she's the only one deadline with both sides and knowing what's going on. She has plenty of her own issues, but also has to keep her children protected from the chaos going on all around them.
She has a good number of flaws and makes a lot of dumb moves (the first one being that she's too dense to just go to the police by the end of 2x13), tbh if anything I feel like it's when skyler started to show some flaws that the hate for her really went through the roof, probably because now her haters were given a few legitimate reasons to despise her EDIT : I also think it's because she's often clashing with Walt, while the viewers want things to go his way. Ideally people would want Skyler to say with a smile "'oh I get it you were doing it for us, np it's all fine then :)" but she doesn't do that and that pisses them off
@@syabri2342 Many people think that Skyler is innocent; that is the main issue. If Walt was divorced or handed in to the police, most of Walt's destruction could've been avoided. Instead, Skyler helps him build his meth empire.
Vince Gilligan talked about how the writers would intentionally write Skyler's character to make people hate her. When I watched the show the 2nd time I felt completely different about her as well.
of course it is always misogyny. if she was a man, it would have a reason. but with women it never has a reason, its always misogyny. give me a fucking break, half the people who hate her are women.... EDIT: the real reason, in my opinion. is that many people don't see anything that walter did so far as a huge problem. Not even the drug dealing part is an issue for a lot of people. To see Skyler treat him like a criminal while he is literally bringing home millions, is something a lot of people can't understand. A lot of people feel like she sits on a high horse acting like Justice and Law are more important to her than her husband. The way she acted like she was sick after hearing he produces drugs.... seriously...he didn't tell her "i murdered a bunch of people". which would justify her reaction. He literally just said, i produce methamphetamine. And that made her sick to her stomach?!....sure.... it is her attitude that people hate. not her vagina.
@@sam-psonsmith9951 You would be happy if You girlfriend kill people for money. Lmao youre sick. Skyler did nothing wrong. People hate her because she is a women just for that, Jane acted the same way and people love her just because she was pretty 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Andrea was the perfect girl and people didnt give a shit about her
The first time I watched this series I hated Skyler. Second time I watched the series I was able to sympathize with her more. I've watched a lot of people react to this show and men seem to sympathize with Walt more and women seem to sympathize more with Skyler. The truth is it's a tragic story for everyone involved.
I don't understand the hate for Skylar as well. It went so far that the actress got death threats because of the character she played. Same case for the actor who played Joffrey in Game of Thrones.
Fun Fact: The girl that talks at the assembly at the school is Bryan Cranston's (Walter White actor) real life daughter.
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I forgot how egregious the sepia filter is in this show whenever it's in Mexico.
I don't understand why this is such a big deal for some people.
@@poluticon If anything, shows should expand the use of this trope---cash in on its potential. A show: it's a man in New York, before he speaks he suit bespoke. He calls his mother in Virginia, she picks up. She lives in a yellow world. For the unaware, the sky turns yellow as you drive across the bridges from DC to Virginia. But for USA it's only Virginia and South Dakota that have the yellow filter, so once you drive thru to North Carolina, voila the sky looks like it did back in New York! You're back in *normal land.*
In case abuse of this trope has legitimately confused anyone: countries in the Southern Hemisphere, countries with violence and corruption, poor countries, hot countries, countries with a brown and/or black populous--their sky is actually still Earth's. When you're standing on Earth at a spot that is poor, dusty, and very very hot--unfortunately for some reason the sky gods do not come down to blanket you in the yellow filter that should always accompany sunny sweltering poverty. It appears that normal skies *aren't* only found in wealthy white countries.
Whenever I visit my family in the Philippines, I feel the lack of sepia's soft touch which, as an American, I know should be labeling the reality of my environment: poor! hot! brown! living in a shack that vaguely could be stucco/could be mud. My country is 1) that shack 2) dirt roads with dangerous gangs driving on them kicking up dust 3) more dirt roads 4) the jungle but that's not a part of the show. Maybe there's a goat.
What would happen if I looked up and saw a normal sky? What would happen if I see the *actual* surroundings instead of the artistic~ appropriate narrative Americans enjoy?? Like what if I looked out and it wasn't a dirt road but one of them fancy*ss Asian Haagen Dazs parlor bistros? What if I found out there are MALLS. Even millions of McDonalds and Starbucks. But...isn't it only dirt roads and unspeaking brown people afraid they next person they see by their isolated shack will be a hitman? And grassy tundra drenched in yellow if I recall driving scenes in BrBa. 😱If I discovered this was all a massive lie, a randomly fabricated insolent image, I'd have to go full Bruce Willis from the end of 6th sense. They got me: BrBa, LOST, Traffic, Arrested Development, yada yada yada.
Better Call Saul uses color washes appropriately, to denote the timeline to the audience when you're dealing with multiple level flashbacks. In BrBa, the writer's room must think the view from the International Space Station is wild yo.
@@explodingplant2 that’s awesome, you’re right I wish more shows did that!
It's not when it was only in Mexico, but for flashbacks. In Breaking Bad modern-day Mexico there is no filter.
Who's to blame?
The dad for going back to a job that implies a lot of responsibility when he clearly wasn't mentally ok?
Walter for letting die (killing) a drug addict that was blackmailing him, potentially endangering his family and dragging his "son" into a downward spiral?
Jane for giving in after 18 months of fighting the addiction of the most addictive substance there is, because of a boy?
Jessie for fostering consumption on a girl that explicitly told him she was fighting addiction?
ALL of them, at some point had a moment of decision, an inflection point that changed everything else, and which choosing was solely under their power to pick one or the other.
Everybody is responsible for their own actions and their consequences.
THANK YOU!
people who let jane's dad to go to work maybe?
@@sokol1540 well if he didn't told them about the happenings, how would they know
@@TheOriginalDogLP But they did know, no? He told a coworker "he figured it was better to come back", meaning at least a coworker knew, most likely his bosses knew since apparently they gave him the days off in the first place.
Google "equivocation" and then reevaluate who is *most* to blame.
I love the fact you guys get to understand Skyler. I don’t know why everybody hates her that much. I mean, NOBODY in this show is a pure soul, but Skyler is a great character with good reasons for everything she does.
There are a lot of pure soul characters in the show Walter Jr and Jane's dad to name a couple
I don't hate her but I think the reason why people dislike her is because she legit could tell the cops or tell anyone about Walter but refugees and rather just try to divorce him and let her family live with a lie and decides to go sleep with a other dude, I feel like Walter jr was right that it makes her just as bad as walt, she even teams up with him and helps him alot, for me theres some seasons I dislike her and some others where I like her, but I understand both sides
All this Skylar talk while I'm out here simping for Kim Wexler.
Walter jr and holly is a pure soul though
@@sebaslikesanimations1447 I mean who does that tho. Snitch on your dying husband when all you know about him is that he manufactures meth, which would completely ruin the whole family. I am convinced that most people would do like her and try to ignore the problem, especially since at this point she doesnt even know that walt killed people or that they are at risk. I can agree that when she did start to directly help him she became "just as bad as him" (although not really, all she did was launder money and never harmed anyone herself). Also I dont think thats why a lot of people hate her, since they dont have nearly as much as a problem with walt, who legit did way worse and caused the whole thing to begin with
I tell everyone but that scene with the school talking in the gym was filmed at my high school. I had already graduated a couple years prior but still. I just think its so cool haha
Then you should know that scene featuring the girl talking is also "Walt's) Bryan Cranston's real life daughter.
@@stephencolwell6288 yeah I know.
What's ABQ like? I'd love to visit
@@TeaDrinker3000 it's ok. Lol. We do have one of the highest crime rates.... BUT the east mountains are beautiful and the skies are gorgeous. When the sunsets the mountains in the east look even better. Our food is so good n especially if you like spicy food. It's a beautiful city.
@@amydubuque2894 thanks for your response!! I've honestly fallen in love with the aesthetic since watching both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Ironically, I'm from Ireland, which Americans love and want to visit because it's so green. I'm in love with the brown of ABQ! 😃
The sad thing is, people didn't just hate Skyler, they hated the actress. It's insane
I hate the character because they wrote her to be unlikable from the very first episode, and she never takes any personal responsibility for her own awful actions (and there are many). Walter at least has a conscience, he feels guilty, at least until far into the show when he no longer seems to care about anything but his empire, but even then he still tries to leave some money for his family, even if he doesn't get credit. He's a monster, but he learns his lessons and he's loyal.
I dislike the actress because she lashed out against fans of the show for not liking her unlikable character and trying to turn it into some kind of political thing, which is bullshit. Attacking the fans is never okay.
I just finished binge watching the show. I disliked Skyler in the beginning of season 1 because she was self entitled, extremely judgemental and very much your average Karen. As time went on I understood how real her character was. Anyone would ask questions or look around if their partner was going behind their back, making up lies, arriving home late. Skyler just wanted to know what was going on and Walt wouldn't tell her the full truth even after she found out.
I dont care about the actress outside the show, she played her role and she played it well. What happens when she's no longer playing the character, I just don't give too much attention to unless the person did something horrific like drown puppies.
@@fakecubed dumb lol
@@fakecubed oh boo hoo, the harassed actress attacked her harassers? How could she
@@アキコ2003 The bitter old harridan is not going to sleep with you. No need to white knight for her. Have some self respect, weirdo.
Jesse and zuko! yall two love your morally ambiguous sadbois lol
Skyler is possibly the most psychologically healthy, intelligent, level-headed and consistently rational characters in the series. I'm a bit of a Walt fan in spite of it all, but Skyler's actions were always on point, even (or especially) when it came to her responses to Walter.
This divorce situation was written perfectly.
This case matches so perfectly to my family.
I was like Walter Jr.
Only difference is that my dad didn't do anything wrong, he just stopped being religious.
@Luiz Roberto
I imagine that in real life you are exactly like Dwight Schrute.
My father used to be Jewish, he then stopped being Jewish, and my mother really didn't like it, so they divorced.
@Luiz Roberto
Not really. It's possible that they weren't a good match, but that wasn't cause for divorce.
@@Proud_Troll I don't know your situation at all, but I have a feeling you don't fully understand it either. Its impossible to know the true heart of your mom and dad... I hope you don't use it as a reason to hate or resent one side or the other. Everyone makes mistakes, parents make a lot of them but they're human beings.
@@the.seagull.35 I hope you understand that I'm getting a little bit angry and pissed off when people think they know my family better than I.
If you want, I can explain everything in detail, but you don't, so here's the quick gist of it:
I live in an ultra orthodox hasidic Jewish community, where couples easily split up when one partner looses belief in God.
In this community, domestic violence is unheard of, because violence in general is unheard of.
My mother and father have been growing apart for a decade, and the a non violent incident pushed my mother to call the police.
After that, they started a divorce case.
Edit: I forgot to mention that the reason this went to court is because my mother wanted full custody of us, because she didn't want my father to make us atheist.
@Luiz Roberto please read my response to Danny Dolan.
Such freaking GREAT ANALYSIS. You girls are so smart and so perceptive. I think I was watching you years ago for Game if Thrones, maybe? But now, I want to watch all of your reactions-so good.
Thank you for giving so much of yourselves to these reactions. They are so good to watch and listen to. 😊🌸
Emmy trivia, as usual: Michael Slovis was nominated for Cinematography thanks to this episode. He lost to Christian Sebaldt (CSI); Skip Macdonald was nominated for Editing, lost to the Lost team.
I watched the series when it was originally televised... Stumbled on your channel and love it again... Imagine having to wait a week for the next episode or months for the next season... Great job young ladies, take care...
Funfact: In the final scene of this episode they used a special lense, so that the explosion of the truck (which was not a special effect by the way, but a real truck they destroyed there in a single take) seemed to be way closer to the actors than it really was.
Heard it was hot as hell but the actors didn't even flinch. Amazing shot no doubt
An extremly narrow lense.
The opening scene depicts Santa Ria. It’s a religion practiced in many Hispanic and Latin countries. It originated from African slaves in the new world, it’s combines concepts from Catholicism and African pagan religions.
It's referenced when Hank goes to El Paso.
It's called misogyny :P Skyler always try to help Walter, when she stand for herself, the people go crazy x.x
I wait for these "Breaking Bad" reviews of yours. I wish you did one every day.
>walter is the bad guy he sells drugs
>aww jessie my baby boy you couldn't do anything wrong
what is that on your profile pic?
Both Walter and Jesse both deserve everything that happens to them in the show
Lmao
Jessie is my favourite character but just because he feels bad for the things he’s done doesn’t mean he’s not a bad person because he keeps doing it over and over,and the only person responsible for the plane crash is Janes dad he’s a grown man who’s responsible for his own decisions and actions.
The fun fact is that the girls like Jessie a lot even if he did a lot of stupid and bad things... but they blame
people that dont like Skyler because she is doing nothing wrong. No coherence.
I don't think Jesse is a bad person, it's more complicated than that. Just because you do some bad things it doesn't mean you're a bad person. Everyone makes mistakes. And it's important to understand the background of a character before judging. For example, Jesse does drugs since he was a minor, he's an addict and he doesn't see the business as a bad thing because he was part of it and it formed his identity since he was very young. It even gave him his group of friends. So, making meth and selling meth, in his head, it's not a bad thing inherenty. He is a consumer himself, after all.
It's not until near the end of the series that, because of all the trauma he's been through, the consequences that he experienced because of this kind of job and all the death around him; he grows as a person and wants out of the business forever. Jesse is very young (24 years old) and naive for the most part of the series. So no, I don't consider him a bad person at all.
I agree, that's what I was saying before. A character like Jessie is very likeable even if he is a criminal and a character like Skyler could be
not likeable for some people even if she is not a
criminal :)
yea he's not a child
@@cini83 except Skyler already IS a criminal
People hated Skylar because from a show standpoint, she was constantly getting in the way of things when you want to see walt/jesse cooking and on top of that crying/just overall being "annoying". It wasn't that she was doing anything wrong necessarily, I just think as a character she was too much sometimes. She came off very whiney. People would have liked her better if she just believed Walt sometimes lol...With that said, I didnt hate her, she just annoyed me, but every time i rewatch the series I see her view point more and love her more because Walt is clearly always lying to her and being shady lol.
She does get a lot better though and I started to really enjoy her in season 3 and then loved her in season 4/5.
She also slept with her boss, and gave him $600,000 of her husband's money. Those are reasons to dislike her. Women get pissed at Walt for "lying," but exactly what the fuck is he supposed to do as a manufacturer of methamphetamine? Get a t shirt made saying "I'M A DRUG LORD," and wear it when he mows the lawn? His brother in law is a DEA agent.
@@profd65 How about not cooking meth to begin with? I think that would've helped..
As for Skyler cheating on him with Ted, I didn't really see it as that bad. Walt had turned her world upside down and in a way Walt cheated on her first, not with a woman but by living this double life that involves doing illegal stuff. And I don't wanna hear he did it for the family because what an awful thing to do for your family! He's putting them in danger!
@@kiranolan7104 But Skyler was happy to hand that dirty drug money over to her brother in law, and her boyfriend--wasn't she? How much did she give the two of them do you think? Close to a million of Walt's dollars? She could have simply left Walt and completely cut ties, but she chose not to.
By the way, reading your comment it's amazes me how easily women rationalize cheating. They can always find a justification when a WOMAN is cheating. But I guess the way you look at it Walt was just a middle aged nerd with lung cancer; he worthless except for his money; it's not like he's a full human being.
@@profd65 I don't see Walt as' a nerd with lung cancer'. I see him as a criminal. If he were more like Jesse who is a criminal with a heart of gold I would have more sympathy for him getting cheated on but he isn't like Jesse. He's just a bad guy who does bad things. I know he didn't start out that way but I say there's no excuse to cook meth. He could have accepted money from Gretchen and Elliot for his treatment but he had too much pride. I'm not even even sure if it can be called cheating because Skyler had already ended her relationship with Walt when it happened.
I didn't always approve of the things Skyler did and didn't always like her. I know she was flawed but why do people act like she's the worst person ever?? I'm not sure if I've ever seen such hate for a character before. It's pretty mind blowing! She's married to a Heisenburg but she's gotten far more hate than him!! And flaws are what make a character interesting. If characters were perfect wouldn't that make them boring?
@@kiranolan7104 Agreed 100%. Of course Skylar isn’t perfect, but she doesn’t deserve all the hate she got. Walt did soooo many worse things than she did, and she was scared of Walt so of course she went along with it for so long. I just feel like people have a hard time understanding nuance.
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The people with a seething hatred for Skyler have some weird incel and/or misogynistic mindsets, thinking that she owes Walt anything and should he subservient. It's fucking weird
Well, they're married, so they owe eachother a lot. Unfortunately Walt broke the bond of trust and it unraveled.
@@marcuscaballarius2159 Exactly, and people don't take her mindset into consideration.
The people who have a hatred for people who hate on Skylar are misandrist.
They’re hating a character who is shown to be annoying. It a bit much, I agree with you.
You are hating on an anonymous user whom you don’t even know - your insecurity is deeper than his.
Hope you see it :)
@@theawesome1rjc You're replying to a 2-year-old post basically saying "No, you!" But don't worry, I have the insecurities 😉
I'm so glad you see Skylers reasoning on the first watch. I hated her at first since this show is written where you root for the "bad guys" but by the 2nd/3rd watch I realised that she barely did anything wrong. I swear at some point in time I've hated every character on this show except Gus and Mike for some reason 😅
The problem with Skyler is she acts like a victim and never takes any personal responsibility for anything she does, and does so long before anyone ever victimizes her. Why should Walter have told her anything at all, when she was already a narcissist at the start of the series? What sympathy could he have expected from her at all? When he does finally reveal that he is dying, she doesn't even try to see his point of view, she just makes it about her, and basically weaponizes his love for her to finally get what she wants, at the cost of his pain and trauma (which surely had an effect on his personality). We never see her struggle with any guilt. We never see her make any effort to understand anyone else, not her husband, not her son, not her sister, not her brother-in-law, not anyone. Walter is a monster by the end of the series, but at least he acts like a human being before that happens.
@@fakecubed She is not a narcissist. The woman hates herself for half of the show because of her involvment. We see her struggle with guilt. She does not make it about her, she just wants her husban, the person she loves, to live.
Her biggest mistake is actually caring for Walter to much and trusting him to much. She still loves him after all the abuse and should have just told Hank the moment she found out.
@@bebo2629She hates herself because she is the cause of her misery.
Nothing even happens to her 😂
Everything happens to everyone around her and she couldn’t stand not being in control of how everyone thought or felt.
She’s a dictator.
The people that don’t see are likely the same helicopter-parents that pretend to care about their loved ones (but are really just drowned in their obsession for power over them).
Obviously Walter is in the wrong, and he brought everything on himself, but funny how Skyler wanted to divorce Walter for weed, meanwhile she is a criminal herself and an accomplice for her criminal boss since episode 11 of season 2, when she decided to cook books for Ted because she liked Ted and wanted to feel herself important. Not to mention, that she continues to work for her criminal boss, and she continues to cook books for him and be criminal herself(again, she does it because she wants to feel herself important and likes Ted - selfish, egoistical motives). But when father of her children who she knows was a good man for like 15 years made a big selfish choice only because he thought that he was going to die, she doesn't even let him explain himself and acts like she is "so disgusted to be in the room with him", says that she "so wants to through up".)
Not to mention that Skyler puts kids in danger as much as Walter by not making deal with Hank.
Yap, both of them are just stupid no lie. Skylar for trying to look just and moral and walter is stupid for not knowing what to do
The consequences that come from a white collar crime like hers are very different from a traditional one. There's a reason why she's not going to Hank: it's not the law or being a criminal that concerns her, it's the consequences of it. The drug business is dangerous...you're dealing with people that are likely to commit violence and put their family's lives in danger. Obviously weed isn't hard drugs, but to these people it is (think back to Marie asking Hank about autopsy pictures of marijuana users).
@@UnlistedAgain Skylar is changing her mind moment to moment. She is first disgusted by what walter is doing like she has any moral highground, then she says its very dangerous for the family then she doesnt give a fuck and even helps like what??:)))
Dont try to give her the benefit of the doubt man, she is just clueless.
@@UnlistedAgain by not going to Hank and making a deal Skyler puts her kids in danger and harm as much as Walter
@@Zeralopdang it's almost like the man you've loved for decades AND the father of your two children turning out to be a drug manufacturer is a complicated and scary scenario that might require you changing your mind a few times to keep your family safe🙂
This show truly keeps getting better and better all the way to the incredible end. Best show of all time in my opinion...
Agree, gets better every season
Better call Saul is on the same level to me. Especially because of season 5’s ending
@@jadenmoyers837 and that season 6....
Honesty.. F it. in a broken Economy on usa, I wouldn't blame Walt for doing his thing. and yeah! his damn good at it
When you finish the series you really need to see the video called Walt & Jesse || TIME, it's amazing
you're talking about the drake and josh video right lol
Jesse got Jane back on drugs so technically it is his fault can't be blinded by his looks.
Sure but Jane also got herself back on drugs, or you could blame Walt for letting her die it is everyone’s fault
I mean, can you blame him, the guy was passing through a really dark moment, one of his best friends just died and the answer of Walter was "which one was that?", and well, a depressed drug dealer and a jonky in rehab it's not a functional couple in any case. What I mean is that what happened was the result of a lot of mistakes and bad decisions taken by a lot of people, it's unfair blame it all on Jessie too.
Crazy how many ppl hate Skylar and I did too at first watch. She was so annoying to me and since we all love Walt, how dare she question him!? Lol. What crazy logic!? But rewatching the show, I can sympathise with her and her dilemma with 2 kids! Still love me some Heisnberg tho and root for him every step of the way. Even if he's breaking bad! Like he deserves this after all the bullshit he put up with most of his life! Amazing show to make u pull for the bad guy, right?
every time I watch it I'm more impressed by how good they are at making me like Walter again after making me remember how much he sucks and how much I hate him
@@fauxrowsdower7610 yes, u hate him and what hes doing to his family but at the same time, ur routing for him and want to see him succeed and knowing hes the bad guy but not really. Lol. Love/hate relationship. And can u imagine Skylar, his wife that only knows the Walter side of Heisnberg. He's got to seem like a whole different husband and father at this point
This show pulls me in so many different directions. I initially found Skylar annoying but was able to sympathize with her as the show progressed. I also have two children..how would I react if I found myself in her situation? And yet I also rooted for Walter as well, at least in the beginning.
I’m aware she is a good person technically but she still peeves me off
@@Camothor10 She's a terrible person, actually, and is from the very start. Total narcissist. Zero empathy for Walter from the beginning. Everything that happens, she makes it about herself. Not her kids. Herself. And causing significant pain along the way, especially to Walt Jr. And ultimately, she's content to be involved in Walter's crimes, and never takes any personal responsibility for anything she's done.
People dislike her, find her annoying, etc., because she's written that way. People are supposed to hate her. It's not a failing on anyone's part to do so. The story of Breaking Bad is a story about how a man like Walter White can become a monster. But he's already surrounded by monsters when the show begins. He's interesting because he's on a journey. He's not some 1-dimensional antagonist like Skyler who is only in the story to put him in tough situations where he's forced to make tough decisions and then try to live with the consequences. For example, why is the family in such a bad financial situation to begin with? She's an accountant, they make good money, and she's not doing anything else. She isn't working because she quit her job, voluntarily, then lied about the reason. The reason is because she was getting emotionally involved with another man at work. We never see any guilt about any of this. She lets Walter pick up the slack working two jobs he hates, indifferent to his feelings. Ultimately she uses her affair as a weapon to hurt and humiliate Walter. It doesn't even seem like she's acting on feelings for Ted when she does this. She does it out of spite.
A lot of the characters in the show are self-absorbed, sociopathic, crazy, or just plain evil. We're meant to like the characters who don't start out that way, and become that way by the end. We are not meant to like the characters who started out that way and never change. Skyler is the latter type.
Where are your other breaking bad videos?
2:26 its just the breaking bad mexican filter
14:10 i've always and still agree. but rewatching the scene in the reaction i was like '...wait. she was going to divorce him and keep him away from the kids because she's thinking he's selling WEED? skylar...weed doesn't ruin anyone's life. no one wakes up to a dead body because during the night they got killed by a joint. weed makes people a bit like drunk but without the aggression side effect. and the person more often feels creative and inspired. unless they're someone with an anxiety disorder in which case they probably smoked a joint that will just make them act a bit like a sloth. but specifically those happy sloths from Zootopia because their anxiety will mellow to a tolerable state.'
serious 😒to Skylar for the initial plan but yea of course she's 100% in the right with what's actually going on.
it's really effed up how the misogyny comes out from a huge percent of the general viewers. in Better Call Saul, the character Chuck pisses the audience off when he says correct things but in a superior annoying way. but twitter didn't fill up with hate at Chuck directed at how he's a disgusting *man*, a *manpig*, everything degrading about him being a man. it was just Chuck hate. his gender was brought up...0 times. Skylar? 🤦🏻♀ wtf world
So people should love Marijuana users? And you think Marijuana isn't bad? Let me guess, it's all the doctors that have it wrong. Fucking conspiracy. It doesn't need to be heroin to be bad for you. Yeah you don't overdose on it, but it slowly kills you or at least degrades you over the years. I'm speaking from experience of 16 years of smoking tabbacco. I didn't believe the doctors either about how bad smoking was, until I felt it on my own body. Sure, in my youth it was great, it was fun and no downsides, but it catches up to you. Get your head out of your ass... for you own good. Don't worry, I respect your freedom to do whatever you want with your life. But don't criticise anyone that doesn't want to be around drug users, unless you want to be criticised back!
she just didnt like snoop dogg.
Can you guys do Breaking Bad twice a week pleeeeeaaaaaase
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Would be great, but.. they earn more money this way, having people becoming Patreon to watch forward
So lame she was gonna leave him for selling weed. Its legal in most states now.
You said it yourself: NOW. This was back in 2009/2010. And her brother in law was a DEA agent. What kind of reaction do you expect?
@@Naahi95 Still, the guy has cancer, let him sell some weed, or its at least up for debate. I totally get her reaction to meth though.
She was already pissed off because she knew he was lying to her and doing something illegal. Anything illegal affects the whole family. And he chose the illegal activities over his family. Weed, coke, meth, whatever. It’s worse than an affair. And it’s totally out of character for her husband. At least the one she used to know. Of course we are wrapped up in Walt and because he’s just now successful at something we want to see him even do better, but all the Skyler haters would hate the show if the wife and mom didn’t notice anything and he just started cooking meth all the time and the family was just fine. Come on.
@@cindycrewsbeach72 Tell me, would you rather find out your husband was selling weed to provide for the family or having an affair?
I admit, i was a Skyler hater for a long time, but i realized in the end that she was right the whole time. But the show would have been so boring if he had listened to her!
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@@psychonaut1829 Skyler never was right since the moment she decided to be a criminal herself and cook books for her criminal boss
i still dont understand why ur blaiming walt for the crash. If we're gonna go that way, jesse is also to blame as much as walt because he was the one who made her break the 18 months. Or maybe his father for giving birth to her? Everything leads to another, we cant blame people like that, it doesnt make sense. The main fault is obviously on the father and on the people who let him go to work. Those are the main to blame. Walt and jesse also have fault but just not as much, not even comparable. Besides that im also glad ur on skylar side here, because no one seems to view this from her point of view. Anyways, besides that xd great reaction AS ALWAYS
I think they just don't like Walt very much. Also, I agree with you regarding Skylar, it's refreshing to see first time viewers that don't immediately get on her hate train.
Please try reacting to breaking bad more often! Love your reactions!
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Skylar is such a hypocrite. 😡😾
Always bugged me wrong how Skyler is the most hated character in a show full of notorious cold blooded criminals.
People really hate her because of how much an impediment she's being towards Walt's criminal dreams which the fans vicariously seem to enjoy.
I mean, it makes sense. The writers made Walt too empathetic in the beginning, and gave him a form power most people crave. I don't really hate Skyler myself, but I can see why people do
Idk why other people dislike her. The reason I dislike her is that she's every bit as culpable as Walt. There's nothing he does that she doesn't participate in. She even takes it a step further and advocates for the murder of Jesse. Unlike Walt however she never, at any point, accepts the least bit of accountability.
Probably cause it’s incredibly obvious they’re all despicable human beings 😂
Like, it’s in your face every moment you’re looking at them on screen. Are people that insecure that they have to repeat in words what’s evidently being portrayed on the screen for everyone to see?
Simultaneously, Skyler is shown to constantly take the moral high ground.
However, her behaviour does not reflect her opinion of herself - as she is a terribly manipulative (abusive) person.
If you ever come across somebody who is a bit of a dick (or a major dick) yet they see themselves as superior to everybody else - you would react the same way.
To support such a person only tells everybody you are that person yourself.
All the best :)
I hated Skylar since she started flirting with Ted and inevitably had an affair with him.
It would have made more sense if the idea to divorce Walt came AFTER she knew about the meth.
@Silicon Nomad Stop telling people how to form their own opinions.
The people that hate Skylar are the same people that love Tony Montana without reservation. I dunno if it's direct fetishization of a bad guy because he seems "strong" or if the fact that he's a protagonist throws people off from understanding the morality of the story, but yes it's very very weird all the Skylar hate.
I don't like skyler because, of what she believed to be a few lies in an otherwise successful 15 year marriage in which they have 2 children, one being a teenager, and she goes so quickly to divorce him, that and the fact she was flirting with her boss WHILE pregnant, which she later sealed by letting him fuck her several times, and then leading him on only to go back to Walt for protection. She never appreciated the fact that Walter didn't want to see his family on the streets encumbered by debt after he thought he would die. She made very rash decisions and was never on Walt's side, she was never a partner to begin with and wanted to see him lose.
@UC_qk-qpZuc2KQJ8LwaxTinQ Exactly, I understand the need of divorce and she should call the cops if she was truly a good person, but she was a criminal before Walt was, she cheated on him with the boss/or tried to when she was pregnant, which is a little implied when she drops the stuff and he comes to her office, yet she was thinking that Walter cheated on her, she is a hypocrite and that’s why I don’t like her, she was always selfish and immature, even at beginning of the show, she was controlling Walt, she forced him to get treatment when he didn’t have money at that point and didn’t want to, she wasn’t working when he was, just fucking around in the house, when Walter had shit job that didn’t pay much, he wasn’t respected by anyone before the drugs, he was a loser in his family eyes etc. He finally “break bad” which helped him survive longer, of course Im not saying he is saint or anything, he dose bad decisions and then fucked up stuff later, first for his family and his treatment, he’s life sucked and of course he deserves what happens to him but not everything is his fault, Skylar at first had no evidence about his life, yet still refused to talk to him like some 15 years girl/boy, not like a adult person, she also was after his money and maybe didn’t truly loved him, she just wanted to control him, she should just divorce him and fuck off, but she doesn’t, she doesn’t stop him, she thinks she’s a good person but she is not, not as bad as Walter later but she’s still awful, I think I would like her more if she wouldn’t be so whiny and she wouldn’t cheated on him when she didn’t have any evidence on him, just to punish him, she always was this whiny and annoying character for me, whenever she interacted with her family, also she has the most cringe moments in the show (and I hate that word but it’s true) the happy birthday song, my god awful, if she would believe him more at beginning then when it comes to finding his secret it would be better in my opinion, maybe even writing her out of the story, Walter just wants a good life for his son, who later finds out and hates him would be interesting maybe even more that wife drama
@@DoganME She didn't cheat on Walt for god's sake
This show just feels like a movie, why was everyone crawling on the ground tho is it a tradition of some sorts lol ?
I think it revolves around some religous thing like crawling to a certain religous place to be relieved of your sins. I am just talking out of my ass tho so i could totally wrong i just feel like ive heard about or seen something similar in another show or movie
WebHead2099 actually watching this reaction i think im right cause the theme of this episode seems to be about seeking forgiveness/attonement. Jesse trying to learn to forgive himself for janes death, walter trying to forgive himself for all the plane deaths and seeking forgiveness from skylar with cooking to get back into his family, the twins trying to forgive themselves for what theyre about to do goin on a hit job for walter. U can tell the twins arent totally evil and have morals when they pay that farmer for the clothes even tho they couldve easily stolen it or killed that family. Based on the crawling and the alter that they go to their morals are probably based off of their religion
It is. They worship La Santa Muerte (Holy Death/Saint Death). Literally the Reaper, a curious Saint with many adepts in Mexico, specially those who risk their life everyday (drug dealers for example).
Tons of religions crawled around to show faith.
-The Buddhas of Bamiyan, a religious site where believers would crawl through the tunnels inside the statues to show faith
-Pilgrims in the Middle Ages would crawl through churches to also show their faith
that's all I got 😩
I think it's the smoking while pregnant and sometimes she makes things all about her but her sister does that too and her flirting and finally sleeping with her boss that people find annoying about Skyler but other than that she is reacting in a reasonable manner i never had a big problem with Skyler I didn't like Merie at first because she was stealing for no good reason she has money and she has a big mouth but later i somehow started to like her after Hank got shot she is still a good person this show has a way of doing that with the characters making you not like then then like then again even better than you thought you ever would
The hate for Skyler was completely unwarranted. People worship Walter so much they hate anyone who goes against him. Forgetting the fact that he's a criminal and she is just looking out for her kids. It never made sense.
She is not looking out for the kids. Skyler breaks bad for herself excusing everything by more pathetic excuses than Walter's excuses shifting blame playing victim card and sitting on her high horse.
@@user-hc5cn3jz4l Right here. Those people I was talking about. The ones who worship Walter no matter what. This is one of them.
@@viazon dumbo, where am I worshipping Walter? Walter is a POC and a monster. It just doesn't make Skyler less of a hypocritical POC.
@@viazonYou exhibit tremendous reasoning in both your comments 😂
It just smacks of “taking sides” exactly like the person you’re responding too.
Some people are capable of looking at something for what it is rather than pretending one is good and one is evil.
Good luck pal :)
I think the reason people hate Skyler so much is protagonist syndrome. Walt, while objectively having characteristics of a horrible person and a villain, is the main character of the show, and he has just enough of a good heart and good beliefs in him that it's hard to truly revile him as a monster. We are shown enough of his life and mindset to understand he's a man who's been stepped on, beaten down, and stuck in mediocrity for most of his life. We want to root for him because of this, and because he's the show's main focus. Despite the fact that we know it will lead to further harm and tragedy, people want to see Walt's drug empire grow. It's what makes him such a compelling character. So while Skyler's actions are completely understandable, people only look at her actions from Walt's point of view, as an obstacle, to his own success and to the family life he believes he is sacrificing himself for.
Will you ever react to the last kingdom, the show is very good and i think a lot of us would love to see you react to it.
skylar sucks but I don't blame her for anything up to this point in the show
How does she suck?
@@dwnkaomwn3953 Cause she's annoying
@@JoseRamirez-ew7vq Well Walter is annoying too. Especially in the last season. Does he suck?
@@Naahi95 He's not annoying to most people. He's badass. Only feminists like you find him annoying
@@JoseRamirez-ew7vq Well then, I will use your logic and reply: only misogynists like you find Skyler annoying.
Eposode 7 of season 3 is so great and episode 12 and 13 as well
You know, sometimes i don't understand why we have to make event that doesn't actually have anything to do with us to be about us, like what's happening at the school. Maybe because i'm a jerk, b
ut i do think most of people throwing out hashtags and all don't actually care, they just want to be a part of the hype, you know. Besides, hashtag and any kind of celebration like this-day that-day don't solve a thing. It goes back to "hey i post about this, look i care."
Y’all ain’t ready
Alright, this is where it gets a little crazy.
Lol. Understatement!
Nah only season 4 and 5 are that crazy
Spartacus plis !!!!!!!!!
when will there be a reaction to the Vikings?
tomorrow 😊
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Her reaction to him making drugs is a little crazy, don’t know if it’s just me, but he makes meth. He isn’t a serial rapist or some crazy shit, she says “Before I throw up” it’s meth just meth and he makes it, not like he uses it. I just don’t understand.
2:26 "Look at the sky... it looks like hell"... No honey is not hell... Is worst... Is Mexico... jejejeje
How the hell you comment 3 weeks ago?
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Yeah, a lot of Skyler haters out there. I don't understand either.
I personally think it started to drag a tiny bit sometime between the last two seasons. But the last half of the final season is the best.
It’s really nice to see a little Breaking Bad Renaissance with all of it being on Netflix, mostly because it means Skyler is finally getting the reception she deserves! So much of the talk about her was super misogynistic and mean, I’m happy to see y’all appreciating her impossible position
@macarion What never really happened? The Skyler hate? Dude, it was wild how much hate she got during the show's run. You can still go to episode reviews and Reddit boards from back in the day and see how much vile shit was thrown at her.
@@altafkalam2716 Reddit is full of women haters (even though I'm on there too, don't hate women, promise)
She is not smart, everyone would think something like that if someone comes home with so much money
Give it some time. You guys will see why people hate Skyler lol.
I like to imagine the only reason why he knows exactly that it is only the 50th worst airborne accident.
Shows that he looked that up. Why else would he know all those details. I mean obviously he would, being the one who caused it.
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How stupid do you have to be to blame Walt for the airplane incident? That's on Jane's dad and the company he works for, no one else.
The writers intentionally frame it to make it look like walters fault lol that’s the point, all of this is happening because of walt.
It's pretty heavily Walt's fault too
@@zombor8249 How? Seriously explain how. Walt may be responsible for Jane's death, but not for how her father reacts to it. It's his and only his responsibility to return to work when he is feeling able to, not Walt's.
@@idonthavh1n166 Cause and effect, which is what BB and BCS are all about. Actions have consequences.
@@shugaroonyHow do people selectively choose where to stop with the cause and effect?
I remember going through this as a child and since have progressed well past it.
Using your reasoning, the fault belongs to the universe existing - as that is the clearly the cause for everything that happens.
It’s immature logic - placing blame that is.
Along with the family stuff in the other comments.... Bryan Cranston directed this episode!
Y'all use tv time too!
Great app that is so useful.
I understand where she is coming from too. I mean that's as good as you can expect. I mean not telling the kids or the cops...
MANY people hated Skylar (me included) and I didn’t realize it was internalized mysoginy
Perhaps for you, but you really shouldn't imply a projection of your own faults onto the crowd. That's really aggressive, don't you think?
the reason, for all the hate, in my opinion. is that many people don't see anything that walter did so far as a huge problem.
Not even the drug dealing part is an issue for a lot of people.
To see Skyler treat him like a criminal while he is literally bringing home millions, is something a lot of people can't understand.
A lot of people feel like she sits on a high horse acting like Justice and Law are more important to her than her husband.
The way she acted like she was sick after hearing he produces drugs....
seriously...he didn't tell her "i murdered a bunch of people". which would justify her reaction.
He literally just said, i produce methamphetamine. And that made her sick to her stomach?!....sure....
it is her attitude that people hate
@Ángela Sofía Jaime Moreno she never had any relations to that world, she doesn't live in south America among drug cartels.
Also it is one thing to think in such a way about some guy.
But not the husband you have lived with for over 15-20 years and have raised a child.
i get it, you know what some drug cartels do.
But she knows him well enough to at least hear him out...^^
Also i am not saying that everybody feels that way. i am just saying a lot of people who hate skyler see it that way.
a lot of people take drugs themself. and they don't live in Columbia so they don't see any of the real crime. A lot of people would argue if it wasn't for the criminalisation of drugs, drugs would be a victimless crime.
Alcohol tobacco, marijuana in some countries. those are ALL drugs.
But no crime is involved because it is a legal business. Cartels exist because they are criminal either way, so why not go ALL the way and oppose the government. and obviously that kind of situation attracts the worst kind of people.
@Ángela Sofía Jaime Moreno i have no idea why you are trying to convince me. I get it. That is how you feel.
All i said is some people don't feel like you about this issue, and they think Skyler is over reacting. Especially when you know what she will do later...^^
Can't say it though since spoiler...
Just because someone is right doesn’t mean they’re likeable.
I like Jesse, but just because he has remorse and cries alot,doesn't mean he's a good person
Well it certainly makes him better than Walt, who has almost none
Never understood the hate for Skyler. People were just so blindly following Walt as their hero they didn‘t think rationally.
The writers made Walt too empathetic in the beginning, and gave him a form power most people crave. I don't really hate Skyler myself, but I can see why people do
Yeah, the breaking bad fanbase is incredibly toxic and sexist. The fact that they would judge and hate Skyler for smoking while pregnant but would ignore the killing, the cooking and selling of meth and everything else that the guys do is unbelievable to me. And to this day people attack her and the actress online, I mean, people are crazy.
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But you guys you said "Skylar is right to act this way in episode 13 cause Walt is a drug dealer" but that's just it, if she had reacted all hateful AFTER she had learned he was a drug dealer I would be OK with it almost. But she unleashed on Walt and acted so hateful based on a hunch. She went nuts cause he lied about getting money from Gretchen and cause he lied about having two phones. That's it. Maybe that's just me but a long-lasting married couple with children would not act this way.
The hate for Skylar is dedication to a lazy trope, "the annoying killjoy in the way of the fun husbands wacky schemes". People are blinkered by stupid stuff like that, pity them, they miss more than they even see. At the time of this episode, the viewer, through Walt, has built up the entire time to the inevitable confrontation of the truth. But to Skylar, she never knew she'd be talking about meth, ever. That's the character.
When this aired a lot of people hated skylar. They though she was annoying for nagging him about selling drugs. Walt is the bad guy of this show I don’t get people that cheer for him.
Walt is not the bad guy nor a bad guy. His ego Heisenberg is the "bad guy" and the circumstances dictated how he could grow to what he is. I cheer for Walt because he is unbelievable smart, something heisenberg adoptet and turned against other ppl. If you dont understand deep characters and their development, dont watch series.
@@danieljackson4511 have you watched this show. Walt is the bad guy. He basically admits it near the end. He finally admits that he was doing it for himself not his family. To me that is him saying I’ve been the piece of shit the whole time. I enjoyed it. He stopped wearing the fucking hat even. Please stop pretending to be some intellectual with film. You just sound like a dumbass
@@DynamiteProd No U! Go watch winni poo or something you can actually understand.
Season 3 = Breaking Bad
really starts
in the legend
Only after the second time that i watched this show i see how bad is Walt's decisions, Bryan Cranston make us forget from time to time what a horrible person Walt really is.
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You Canadians have the strangest TV programs I have EVER seen!
I haven't watched bb for a couple of years. Watching these reaction videos is kind of an easier less time consuming way to review it. I remember when a lot of people were hating on Skyler. I didn't get it. I felt she was protecting her kids, like a good mom. And she told Walt she wouldn't turn him in. What do people want? She is great. I'm a guy too....lol. I felt like a lot of guys were just just taking Walt's side because they were sexist. If you think Skyler was a bitch. She deserved to be a bitch. Walt was obviously hiding a big secret (maybe an affair? Skyler didn't know). I think some guys are being sexist because they want her to be the just go along, keep your mouth shut, stand by your man woman. Threatened by a strong woman with a voice.
It's mostly because how she acts in the later seasons that she is being called a bitch
Lol has this comment gotten you laid yet buddy? 😂Btw, the writers made Walt too empathetic in the beginning, and gave him a form power most people crave. I don't really hate Skyler myself, but I can see why people do, and it ain't "sexism." I know a lot of women who hate on skyler lmfao. You don't deserve to call yourself a man
@@JoseRamirez-ew7vq I've got a few minutes. I'll bite the bait here. But first, let's take out the trash. Because you managed to squeeze quite a bit of it into your response. It would almost be impressive, if it weren't so sophomoric and boring.
1). Who comments on TH-cam trying to get laid? What fantasy do you have that allows for that possibility? It's difficult to effectively condescend someone when you have to make up a strange remark like that just to be derogatory.
2). This is very basic psychology (I'm talking 101-level stuff here), but people can be sexist against their own gender, or racist against their own race, etc. There's nothing in cognition to magically prohibit that as paradoxical. If you're still in school, try taking a psychology class when you can. Presuming, of course, that you don't want to be found making naive claims like, "women hate Skyler, therefore it isn't a sexist reason!" The logic isn't coherent, as it simply comes from a misunderstanding of the concept of bias. But to be a bit fair here, it is a common misunderstanding, so I can't be too hard on you for that.
3). Finally, it appears that you're an arbiter of determining who can be called a man. That's quite impressive. Though, you may want to keep that fanciful authority to yourself in real life. This is just a really basic social tip. No skin off my back if you refuse to take the advice. I'm just trying to help.
Anyway, now on to the meat. If you're so keen to defer to the writers of Breaking Bad, then it's worth acknowledging how **baffled** they were when they found out that **any fans** disliked Skyler at best, and hated her at worst. I mean... we're talking about the people who were smart enough to write something like Breaking Bad. That's quite telling to say that they were all perplexed by the audience reaction to hating Skyler. As such, disliking her character, even strongly, was an entirely incoherent reaction based on her behavior.
It makes you wonder... if there were no good reasons to dislike her, then why did so many dislike her anyway? It's no stretch to reach the naive reasons that account for this, and "misogyny" is just one of them. Other reasons were that people rooted for Walt and genuinely became frustrated when any obstacle got in his way, just in general. Breaking Bad is old hat at this point, and you can find all the reasons that fans explained if you look into it. The reasons aren't elusive. They've been articulated and accounted for. There's no mystery here.
I still find it quite odd that you got so aggressive in your comment as to desperately plug your ears to the misogyny claim, but, like I said, just take it from the writers themselves. Here's one article where Vince himself says, in reference to the Skyler hate, "I never understood it." www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a851038/breaking-bad-vince-gilligan-defends-anna-gunn-skyler-hate/
Here's an excerpt from Gunn: “It was very bizarre and confusing to us all,” Gunn told Entertainment Weekly when the “Breaking Bad” cast and creator Vince Gilligan recently reunited for an interview in honor of the show’s 10th anniversary. “It was a combination of sexism, ideas about gender roles, and then honestly, it was the brilliance of the construct of the show. People did find a hero in Walt, but they wanted so much to connect with him so viscerally that to see the person who often was his antagonist - therefore the show’s antagonist in a way - they felt like she was in the way of him doing whatever he wanted to do, and that he should be allowed to do what he wanted to do.”
Hell, here's a science journal about it: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19392397.2019.1630155
(Though the irony of sharing that source isn't beyond me--have you ever read a science article before? I've got a wild guess as to the answer.)
I'd include some more articles and sources for you to check out. But unfortunately, I'd have to presume that you're commenting in good faith to make that worth the effort. So, needless to say, that's a hard pass for me.
Cheers, mate!
@@Kiloryn defend Walt to the bitter end.... lol.
@@JoseRamirez-ew7vq No... I wish! Just keeping it real. You have only one reason to criticize Skyler at this point. She has done nothing wrong. It is what it is. But yeah. I agree. Walt had to transform. I'm no saint. The only real problem I have with what Walt is doing is it is enabling addicts. I have known addicts. But if anything in this show offended me, I never would have watched it. One of my favorite shows!
WHERE IS VIKINGS
In the high school the girl student who speaks is actually Bryan Cranston daughter in real life
Ok let's be real here...the crash is not Walter's fault. Even if u say the reason for it was Jane's death, Walt is not responsible for that either. In the end of the day Jane's life choices led to her death
(The crash is on the people that allowed Jane's dad to go back to work)
Walter killed Jane.
And yea, she would've died the next week or something, but Walter shaking Jessie caused her to roll onto her back and choke, and he did nothing to save her.
Ever heard of the Butterfly Effect? What happened with the crash is all down to Walt's actions, indirectly or not.
@@shugaroony the butterfly effect was always a concept of exaggeration to show how even the smallest action can have big consequences. It can never be literal, because following the same logic you could say that all the events in the series is Bogdan's fault cause he didnt pay Walt enough so he went on to cook meth
@@christostsirikas6577 Its a drama, and hence accordingly the writers wanted to show the consequences of what happens to Walt, his family and others (some innocent) due to him going down this path. This is the most extreme case of that idea, but then why else does he keep the doll's eye if he doesn't deep down accept some blame.
¿la casa de papel?????
it's gonna be out on Saturday, didn't have time to film it unfortunately but will soon 😊
Even after i finished the series, i don't understand why Skyler recieves so much hate
Because we originally see Walt as the protagonist, and Skyler stands in the way of his goals. In retrospect we can see that Skyler was the most rational out of bunch
I never hated a character yet so much. So betcha and cold
*bitchy
You'll understand why people hate Skyler!
But that's what they said. They can't understand that people hate Skyler by the end of 2x13. What happens later in the show isn't part of the discussion.
Please Vikings Final episode we are waiting
(they are done with the show so I'm not holding out on spoilers here) Well for starters Skyler starts off irritating a lot of guys because of her demeaning emasculating attitude towards Walt at the start of the show. She treats him more like a child. Hell she can't even give him actual sex on his bday she gives him a half ass distracted hand job. This would be bull shit on a normal day but his bday?! This immediately gives her a negative first impression. Then he gets cancer and she disregards his feelings entirely and its all about how she feels. When its involving a woman and pregnancy its all about the "my body my choice" but that goes all out the window when its the guy with cancer. Suddenly its laying a guilt trip intervention. He changes as anyone would when suddenly faced with death and life with little to show for it, but does she actual stick with him? No and this is the real kicker on why men hate Skyler. She's his wife, she made vows of loyalty to stick by his side through thick and thin. This is a problem for relationships that encounter such a life changing event, cancer or a disease, a death in the family these things have a habit of causing a relationship to fracture and dissolve, and the moment things get thin Walt going through this ordeal and how it changes him, without even knowing whats actually happening she goes out and starts flirting with other men. She wasn't even remotely aware of his illegal activities when that shit started. She's at this point already been flirting with Ted for weeks now. Not to mention a her throwing a very limited fuss over Teds illegal activities yet she's still pursues him.
Yeah you can say "oh she's doing it to protect her kids" bullshit she's doing it to protect her kids as much as Walt is doing it for his family lol. She's doing it so she can get divorced so she can go bang Ted.
People hate Skyler cause she's an emasculating Karen with zero loyalty to her husband. She's obnoxious and hypocritical.
Case in point see the flip side with Marie as the show continues. How her relationship with Hank goes his mental abuse and how she handles it... unwavering loyalty.
This has to be among the most feeble-minded reasonings I've ever encountered. You could go pro in false equivalencies, self centeredness and logical fallacies of all sorts, my dude
@@aragog0559 Sorry you can't handle truth there bub.
I actually like Skylar, very realistic to what a real woman would react . I think it’s a guy thing to always hate the mother figure 😂
I don't think so.
That's rather misandrist, don't you think?
I like your reaction videos please finish Vikings soon ❤️
Skyler just acts like she's the highest level of righteousness, and I'm guessing most viewers were annoyed by her character. I definitely wish they made skylers character more of a flawed person like almost everyone in this show. But it just seemed like she was a perfect supreme high moral person. The show is called breaking bad, not becoming humanitarian.
I never got that from her character. She's got a lot of issues and makes very questionable decisions. I think her kicking him out and then asking for a divorce would be what most people would do in her situation.
lol i don't think it's the "highest level of righteousness" to not want your husband to be a lying drug-dealer. i'd say that's probably the exact right level of righteousness
I never got that feeling about her. Her character is really unique in that, between the 2 sides of Walt's life, she's the only one deadline with both sides and knowing what's going on. She has plenty of her own issues, but also has to keep her children protected from the chaos going on all around them.
She has a good number of flaws and makes a lot of dumb moves (the first one being that she's too dense to just go to the police by the end of 2x13), tbh if anything I feel like it's when skyler started to show some flaws that the hate for her really went through the roof, probably because now her haters were given a few legitimate reasons to despise her
EDIT : I also think it's because she's often clashing with Walt, while the viewers want things to go his way. Ideally people would want Skyler to say with a smile "'oh I get it you were doing it for us, np it's all fine then :)" but she doesn't do that and that pisses them off
@@syabri2342 Many people think that Skyler is innocent; that is the main issue. If Walt was divorced or handed in to the police, most of Walt's destruction could've been avoided.
Instead, Skyler helps him build his meth empire.
skylar is wrong!!!!!!
Yes, the amount of hate Skyler got from the fandom since the start is insane and it has a lot to do with misoginy
Vince Gilligan talked about how the writers would intentionally write Skyler's character to make people hate her. When I watched the show the 2nd time I felt completely different about her as well.
of course it is always misogyny. if she was a man, it would have a reason.
but with women it never has a reason, its always misogyny.
give me a fucking break, half the people who hate her are women....
EDIT: the real reason, in my opinion. is that many people don't see anything that walter did so far as a huge problem.
Not even the drug dealing part is an issue for a lot of people.
To see Skyler treat him like a criminal while he is literally bringing home millions, is something a lot of people can't understand.
A lot of people feel like she sits on a high horse acting like Justice and Law are more important to her than her husband.
The way she acted like she was sick after hearing he produces drugs....
seriously...he didn't tell her "i murdered a bunch of people". which would justify her reaction.
He literally just said, i produce methamphetamine. And that made her sick to her stomach?!....sure....
it is her attitude that people hate. not her vagina.
@@sam-psonsmith9951 You would be happy if You girlfriend kill people for money.
Lmao youre sick.
Skyler did nothing wrong.
People hate her because she is a women just for that, Jane acted the same way and people love her just because she was pretty 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Andrea was the perfect girl and people didnt give a shit about her
The first time I watched this series I hated Skyler. Second time I watched the series I was able to sympathize with her more. I've watched a lot of people react to this show and men seem to sympathize with Walt more and women seem to sympathize more with Skyler. The truth is it's a tragic story for everyone involved.
I don't understand the hate for Skylar as well. It went so far that the actress got death threats because of the character she played. Same case for the actor who played Joffrey in Game of Thrones.
Đevojke, kaće Vikinsško Carstvo basharalasada?
What happened with la casa de papel